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Probably 3.5 stars. The author was involved in an expedition to hunt for a lost city deep in the jungle, his job being to write about it, and that part of the book I found really interesting. He describes how they reached the location(s), the hazards, the discomforts and difficulties of simply surviving in the jungle environment well. I wasn't so interested in the politics of the expeditions, and would have liked more about the archeology, but also found the medical mystery that some members of
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The basis of this true tale is finding a potential architectural site based on advanced technology. Gathering a scientifically solid team. Exploring the site.
What was found was a large organized city, built by an unknown culture (probably not Mayan). Buildings and central spaces. The space was built 500 years ago. After being abandoned it is believed that no one has entered the site. Now, that’s an archeologist’s dream!
Exploring in the dense jungles of Honduras has a host of difficulties: the v ...more
What was found was a large organized city, built by an unknown culture (probably not Mayan). Buildings and central spaces. The space was built 500 years ago. After being abandoned it is believed that no one has entered the site. Now, that’s an archeologist’s dream!
Exploring in the dense jungles of Honduras has a host of difficulties: the v ...more
I think this was reasonably well done although it did lose a bit of focus at times
I didn’t expect the last chunk of the book to shift to more of an epidemiological focus. Although I am interested in epidemiology, so I was ok with it. I didn’t like that he referred to. “Poisonous snake” (were they going to eat it?) for a book that has a scientific bent. But other than that, it was an interesting read about an intriguing topic.
I really enjoyed this much more than I thought I would when I started. Douglas Preston's The Lost City of the Monkey God is a fascinating look into the the coordination it takes to look for a potential archeological discovery let alone underake one. Preston takes us through his experience chronicling the efforts to get a search for this "lost city" in Honduras funded and the use of lider technology to map the area where the city might potentially be. However, Preston also delves into the history
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Sep 24, 2017
Sandy
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